Four of South Africa's neighbours have banned poultry imports from the rainbow nation following a serious outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian influenza. Namibia on Tuesday became the...
Ghana has co-signed a resolution to end violence against women and girls along with 60 countries. The resolution places a significant amount of responsibility on men and boys to prevent violence...
Botswana has declared three days of national mourning after the death of former President Sir Ketumile Masire, aged 91. Mr Masire, who led the country from 1980 to 1998, is credited with being the...
Botswana's former president Sir Ketumile Masire, the southern African country's second post-independence leader and who led efforts to bring peace to Mozambique, has died aged 91, an aide said on...
The National Investment Bank (NIB) has hosted a five (5) day workshop on Financial Modeling for Project Finance in Accra. The workshop was held in collaboration with AADFI (Association of African...
Ghanaian-British Filmmaker Amma Asante has been honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Asante was awarded for her services to the film industry. An MBE is Member of the Most...
Frenchman Didier Gomes Da Rosa, Argentinian Rodolfo Zapata and current Yanga trainer George Lwandamina have already being linked with the vacant coaching position at Kenya club Gor Mahia. This comes...
A World Bank representative said Friday here that the first phase of the Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) for five developing countries including Botswana will come...
Former African champions Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Zambia all lost at home Saturday on a day of upsets in the first qualifying round for the 2019 Cup of Nations. Three-time champions Nigeria lost a...
The H5N8 strain has been detected in several countries in Europe, Africa and Asia over the past two South Africa has suspended imports of birds and chicken products from neighbouring Zimbabwe after...
Alhaji Bature Iddrissu, Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper has revealed that he was not comfortable with certain comments, analogies and actions taken by former President John Dramani Mahama...
Diamonds are making a comeback in America as more millennials fall for crystals long associated with "eternal" love. US diamond demand hit $40 billion in 2016, up 4.4 percent from the prior year and...
Britain's Prince Harry rounded off a two-day visit to Singapore with a charity polo match Monday. Some 300 well-heeled guests and celebrities -- including Karen Gillan of "Doctor Who" and "Downton...
Britain's Prince Harry began a goodwill visit to Asia on a subdued note Sunday following a deadly terror attack in London. The fifth in line to the throne attended a reception at Eden Hall, the...
Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland district in the centre of the country, a minister said Thursday. Lusaka has been the...
I sent e-mails to two prominent journalists to do a story about the frustrations of the Ghanaian passport holder in travelling within Africa and the world. I thought they would tell my story for me....
A South African big-game hunter was crushed to death when an elephant picked him up and then fell on him after being shot, Zimbabwean officials and media reports said Monday. Theunis Botha, 51, a...
Africans are seeing a steady improvement in the quality of their lives, with some countries even nearing world averages, says a wide-ranging report out Monday on the continent's future. While large...
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are seen as world leaders, they each scored disappointingly low marks in regards to...
Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a dismal 35th, according to a much anticipated ranking of healthcare quality in 195 countries, released Friday. Among...
